
Obituary
Professor K K George
(1940-2022)
We are saddened by the passing away of Professor K K George who was with the Centre in visiting capacities during the 1980s and the 1990s. He was an accomplished researcher in centre-state financial relations and worked very closely with one of our founding fathers, Professor I S Gulati. While with the Centre as a visiting researcher, he authored a popular publication, Limits to Kerala Model of Development: An Analysis of Fiscal Crisis and Its Implications (Trivandrum: Centre for Development Studies, 1999) which ran into two editions. He had an excellent understanding of Kerala’s fiscal situation and could convey this to students and researchers in an admirable manner. His recently published autobiography, A journal of my Life (Thrissur: Current Books, 2022), has a whole chapter devoted to his stint at the Centre. We mourn his passing and offer our condolences to his bereaved family and friends.